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An interactive euro of network building
Terminus • 3 min read

An interactive euro of network building

🚉 Terminus is a competitive euro game for 1-5 players about building an underground transportation network. This is quite a balancing...
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A curious combination of game mechanics
Concilium Urbis • 3 min read

A curious combination of game mechanics

After playing the awesome Phoenix New Horizon from Perro Loko Games, we also tried 🪬Concilium Urbis. This game is a...
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Saltfjord and Santa Maria - dice drafting at its finest
Saltfjord • 7 min read

Saltfjord and Santa Maria - dice drafting at its finest

Saltfjord is a reimagination of the game Santa Maria by the same designers, Kristian Amundsen Østby and Eilif Svensson. It...
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Ancient and classic abstracts from Africa
Ludos: Africa • 2 min read

Ancient and classic abstracts from Africa

We have covered a beautiful collection of games before called 🌏Ludos Asia. Now there is another project on the horizon...
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A mix of Uno and dexterity games
High Rise Penguins • 2 min read

A mix of Uno and dexterity games

What do you get if you mix dexterity games with Uno? High Rise Penguins ‼️ 🐧  At least kind of, that’s...
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Barista capybaras
Cafe Baras • 2 min read

Barista capybaras

☕ Cafe Baras is a simple game of hand management and tableau-building with an endearing theme. You are Capybaras running a...
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A small-scale Concordia?
Sardegna • 2 min read

A small-scale Concordia?

🏰 Sardegna is a small box area-majority game for 2-4 players, and is a re-release of Kreta, a game from 19...
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An animal park of tiles and dice
Spectacular • 3 min read

An animal park of tiles and dice

🐾Spectacular is one of those thinky drafting games, with really simple rules and game structure, but multiple scoring conditions and...
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Teach a man to fish, and you'll feed him for a lifetime
Saltfjord • 2 min read

Teach a man to fish, and you'll feed him for a lifetime

⛵Saltfjord is a highly enjoyable mid-weight euro, a reimagination of the game Santa Maria. While it’s biggest strength is...
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Rebuilding after the Apocalypse
Phoenix New Horizon • 3 min read

Rebuilding after the Apocalypse

Phoenix New Horizon enchanted us at first sight with its spectacular cover art. But art isn’t enough alone of...
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Catventures on the streets of Kyoto
Kyoto No Neko • 3 min read

Catventures on the streets of Kyoto

Becoming a cat 🐈 and roaming around the city, having all kinds of adventures… Now this a board game theme I...
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About Domemo & Ada's Library
Game Compilation • 2 min read

About Domemo & Ada's Library

📚 Ada’s Library is a game of pattern matching. Your goal is to tidy up the books in the library,...
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